Meaning & use
advice note
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Meaning
nouncountablebusinessBritish
A business document that tells a customer that goods have been sent or that a payment has been made.
Grammar: Countable: you can say an advice note or advice notes.
Patterns
- send an advice note
- receive an advice note
- an advice note for something
The supplier sent an advice note to say the order had left the warehouse.
We received an advice note for the payment, but the money had not arrived yet.
Keep the advice note with the invoice so the accounts match.
Word forms
| plural | advice notes |
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Common combinations
- send an advice note
- Please send an advice note as soon as the parcel is dispatched.
- receive an advice note
- We received an advice note confirming the bank transfer.
- advice note for payment
- The advice note for payment was dated 3 May.
- attach an advice note
- Attach an advice note to the shipment papers.
Synonyms and how they differ
- dispatch note
- A dispatch note is specifically about goods being sent, while an advice note can also be about a payment.
- remittance advice
- Remittance advice is used mainly for payments and is more formal than advice note.
Commonly confused: advice note or advice? advice note or invoice?
advice note vs advice
Advice means an opinion about what to do; an advice note is a business document.
advice note vs invoice
An invoice asks for payment; an advice note only gives information.
Practice
The company sent an advice note to tell us that the goods ______.
Choose one answer.
The goods are the object of sending, so the passive 'had been sent' fits the past sequence. 'Were sending' would mean the goods did the sending, which is wrong.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “advice note”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.